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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Right in the height of tourist season and everything!

August 5, 2014

This week was absolutely
amazing. The best part? We had probably the biggest miracle ever, which is that
we had a baptism, in the middle of summer, in Menorca! Right in the height of
tourist season and everything!

However, the story doesn't
start just this last week, but rather on the 12th of June, before I came into
the area. They had intercambios with our zone leader, and while they were
working in the area, he contacted a lady named Dolores, and then she started to
listen to our message. She has a sister named Margarita, who would usually just
go into her room and wouldn't listen to the lesson. Well, a month later, on the
18th of July, my companion and I had intercambios with our district leader, and
we went to visit Dolores, and this time, Margarita listened. By the end of the
lesson, she had a baptismal date, and a Book of Mormon, and she promised to
read and pray, and come to church the next week. Well, she kept her promises,
and came to church, and then the next week she came again. We kept meeting her,
and one time we asked her how she felt about the Book of Mormon, and she said
that she could feel herself changing as she read it, and she wanted to follow
the precepts that it teaches. Then the best part is that this Friday, she was
baptized, and Sunday she was confirmed. It was really neat too, because after
her baptism she shared her feelings, and said that she hadn't felt this way
before, except for when she started reading the Book of Mormon two weeks ago.
It was super powerful and really neat to see her progress and change. There
were so many little miracles along the way as well, such as the fact that she
had grown up living the word of wisdom her whole life. All of it, because her
mother had always taught them to stay away from drugs as well as coffee and
tea, so that was a little miracle. When we were explaining the word of wisdom
she told us that when she was in school she had tried some alcohol, and then
said she felt super bad about it so she never drank again. I am so grateful
that I was able to see the change and be a part of it. I love serving a
mission, especially here in Spain. .